Education Quiz

Biophilia is the genetically encoded emotional need of humans to affiliate with nature and with other living organisms.

• True

• False

A bioregion is?

• A region with a single ecosystem that is rarely effected by outside influences.

• A region with limited human interference.

• A regions with similar, related and interconnected ecosystems, climate and human cultures.

• A fancy word for a landfill.

Experiential learning is a form of learning that occurs in a rigid classroom setting.

• True.

• False

The two PARENT concepts related to The Learning Environment are?

• 1.) Risky play

  2.) Adventure playgrounds

• 1.) Natural Play Environments

  2.) Environment as curriculum.

• 1.) Green schools

  2.) Forrest learning

Nature Deficit Disorder is defined as?

• Behavior problems in children stemming from a lack of interaction with nature.

• A sickness derived from the inability to go fishing with your friends on the weekend.

• A condition where your attention span is reduced when you walk in the woods.

Nature Play Environments foster collaborative interactions and reward creativity.

• True.

• False.

Junk Playgrounds?

• First developed in Japan.

• Help children release anger by giving them a place to smash things.

• Are hazardous and an overall eye-sore.

• Help children learn how to collaborate, solve problems, and work together.

U.S.G.B.C. stands for?

• U.S. Green Building Co-op.

• U.S. Green Building Council

• U.S. Green Building Coalition

• U.S. Green Building Court

Landscapes and Buildings have no reflection on societal values.

• True.

• False.

Biophilic tendencies are activated/reinforced the most during this stage.

• Early Childhood

• Middle Childhood

• Adolescence